Outlook.--“Unquestionably the most powerful and fascinating
novel that has yet issued from the pen of Mr. Ranger-Gull. It is a
brilliantly-written tale, set in the wildest part of modern Cornwall,
and lightened by a series of biting pictures of a certain pretentious
art colony on the shores of the Atlantic, but primarily the story of
a physical tragedy forgotten in, and eradicated by, a great spiritual
victory.”
World.--“It is a conspicuously refreshing contrast to the flood
of mediocrity with which we are at present deluged.”
St. James’ Gazette.--“By far the most serious, most artistic,
and strongest work yet done by its author. He has dropped the ‘Green
Carnation’ order of satire, and now turns his very decided talents to
the drawing of human beings under fresher conditions than the eternally
attacked modern ones of town life.”
Castles in Kensington. A Novel by REGINALD TURNER
(Author of “The Steeple,” “A Comedy of Progress,” &c.) Crown 8vo,
cloth, 6s.
Pall Mall Gazette.--“A story told with a sparkle, which, if not
champagne, has all the qualities of sparkling hock.”
Academy.--“A good-natured cynic is Mr. Turner. A man whose
sarcasm is never illnatured, whose wit is keen without being cruel,
whose humour has a point which never wounds.”
Daily Telegraph.--“Mr. Reginald Turner’s book is written in the
spirit of the lightest comedy. We welcome the gaiety and humour with
which the book is brimming over. It will while away our time in the
pleasantest manner, and insure our being in a good humour when it is
finished. What more can we ask of a novel, or life either, for that
matter?... The sordidness is transmitted by Mr. Turner’s genial talent,
he makes us sympathise and smile where others would make us shudder
and yawn. And, surely, in these days of strenuous labour and unsmiling
toil, a new beatitude might be pronounced upon those who, by their
light-hearted optimism, if only for an hour or two, the ever looming
shadows. Blessed are they that laugh.”
An Act of Impulse. A Novel by HELEN BAYLISS (Author of
“A Woman in the City,” “Slaves of Passion,” &c.) 6s.
Dally Express.--“A vigourously told story. The plot is
exceedingly intricate, but the threads thereof are finally
satisfactorily unravelled.”
Ladies’ Field.--“The story is an interesting one, and
considerable care has been expended upon it.”
Week’s Survey.--“The act of impulse that gives a string to the
story was the burning of a will by a nephew, left for a few moments
alone with the dead body of an apparently murdered uncle. The toils
into which this deceit led him, and his ultimate confession, are
extremely well told by Miss Bayliss, who has contrived a most ingenious
tale with these somewhat slight materials. In the hands of any but
an experienced fictionist, the plot would have seemed crude and
uninteresting, but Miss Bayliss has made her novel considerably better
than most sensational stories of its kind.”
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